Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index was 0.2681 Index in 2025. ▼ Falling
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Saudi Arabia, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 0.2681 Index for digital services trade restrictiveness index in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, digital services trade restrictiveness index in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.329 Index in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.2681 Index, in 2023.
That places Saudi Arabia 40th out of 109 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.329 Index | — |
| 2015 | 0.329 Index | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.329 Index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.329 Index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3078 Index | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 0.3078 Index | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3078 Index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3078 Index | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3078 Index | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2681 Index | -12.9% |
| 2024 | 0.2681 Index | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.2681 Index | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.322 Index | 0.3078 Index | 0.329 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.288 Index | 0.2681 Index | 0.3078 Index | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Saudi Arabia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.52 Percent per annum (2029)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual 22.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 2.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0551 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 1,904 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 2.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.2067 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 7,140 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.1947 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is digital services trade restrictiveness index in Saudi Arabia?
- Digital services trade restrictiveness index in Saudi Arabia was 0.2681 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.329 Index in 2014.
- What is the lowest digital services trade restrictiveness index recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2681 Index in 2023.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for digital services trade restrictiveness index?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 40th out of 109 countries with data for 2025.
- Is digital services trade restrictiveness index rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD Digital STRI identifies, catalogues and quantifies barriers that affect trade in digitally enabled services across 129 countries. It provides policy makers with an evidence-based tool that helps to identify regulatory bottlenecks, design policies that foster more competitive and diversified markets for digital trade, and analyze the impact of policy reforms. The OECD Digital STRI captures cross-cutting impediments that affect all types of services traded digitally. As a stand-alone instrument, it complements the OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI). A zip file containing the OECD Digital STRI indices for all countries available over 2014-2025 can be downloaded here: OECD Digital STRI 2014-2025